Resentment's Virtue: Jean Amery and the Refusal to Forgive
(Part of the Politics, History, and Social Change Series)
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Arguing beyond hasty dichotomies and unexamined moral assumptions, Resentment's Virtue offers a more nuanced approach to an understanding of the reasons why survivors of mass atrocities sometimes harbour resentment and refuse to forgive. Building on a close examination of the writings of Holocaust-survivor Jean Améry, Brudholm argues that the preservation of resentment or the resistance to calls for forgiveness can be the reflex of a moral protest...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1592135676
ISBN13:9781592135677
Release Date:August 2009
Publisher:Temple University Press
Length:254 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"
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